Morocco has recently signaled a renewed interest in building linkages with sub-Saharan Africa as it seeks to harness economic, cultural, and political ties. In the past year, King Mohamed VI has bid to re-join the African Union...

Two competing visions for securing additional African membership seats on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) could shift the balance of power within the UN body to reflect today’s multi-polar world. To date, political...

The building of a union of countries with varied interests, political structures, and cultural characteristics is a challenging endeavor. As seen in recent developments with the United Kingdom’s Brexit campaign from the European...

African citizens currently face some of the most stringent visa restrictions in the world. According to the Africa Visa Openness Index Report launched by the African Development Bank (AfDB), citizens of African countries require...

In one of the most contentious elections in Tanzania’s post-colonial history, John Pombe Magufuli was elected as the nation’s fifth president in October 2015. His first 100 days in office bore witness to sweeping reforms,...

At the UN Security Council meeting in May 2013, the President of Togo, Faure Essozimna Gnassingé, warned of an arc of terrorism spreading across the continent from Mauritania to Nigeria extending into the Horn of Africa. Since...

As migrant laws and international conventions governing the treatment of asylum seekers come under greater scrutiny, long-term plans for the repatriation of refugees to African countries are being negotiated as a part of the...